A portable cyclopædia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... Italy , Greece and England . There are three species : 1. The snow - white shining ala- baster , or lygdinum of the antients . 2. The variegated , yellow and reddish alabaster . 2. The yellowish or phengites of Pliny , which is found in ...
... Italy , Greece and England . There are three species : 1. The snow - white shining ala- baster , or lygdinum of the antients . 2. The variegated , yellow and reddish alabaster . 2. The yellowish or phengites of Pliny , which is found in ...
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... Italy and the Indies . ALE , a fermented liquor , obtained from an infusion of inalt , and differing from beer in having a less proportion of hops . It was the ordinary liquor of the abori- gines of this island who called it curmi , or ...
... Italy and the Indies . ALE , a fermented liquor , obtained from an infusion of inalt , and differing from beer in having a less proportion of hops . It was the ordinary liquor of the abori- gines of this island who called it curmi , or ...
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... Italian word signifying that the part is to be played in a lively manner . ALLEMAND , a grave solemn music , with a good measure and a slow move ment : also a dance . ALLERION or ALERION , in heraldry , a kind of eagle without beak or ...
... Italian word signifying that the part is to be played in a lively manner . ALLEMAND , a grave solemn music , with a good measure and a slow move ment : also a dance . ALLERION or ALERION , in heraldry , a kind of eagle without beak or ...
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... Italian 20 ; the Ethiopian and Tartarian each 202 ; the Indians of Bengal 21 ; the Baramese 19. The Chinese have no alphabet , ex- cept their whole language be so called ; for their letters are words or hieroglyphics amounting to about ...
... Italian 20 ; the Ethiopian and Tartarian each 202 ; the Indians of Bengal 21 ; the Baramese 19. The Chinese have no alphabet , ex- cept their whole language be so called ; for their letters are words or hieroglyphics amounting to about ...
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... Italy . In the reign of Queen Elizabeth an alum - work was set up in England . Native alum is mixed with he- terogeneous matters , or effloresces in va rious forms upon the ores during calcina- tion . There are several kinds , which dif ...
... Italy . In the reign of Queen Elizabeth an alum - work was set up in England . Native alum is mixed with he- terogeneous matters , or effloresces in va rious forms upon the ores during calcina- tion . There are several kinds , which dif ...
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